just gotta ignite the light and let it shine

[whattaprick]

Who: Everyone who's stupid enough to show up for this, because legal drinking ages are for people from a different century/planet.
When: Afternoon/Evening, Day 30
Where: Lakeshore
What: Local Carnival workers get wasted and set off fireworks by the lake.
Warnings: Carnival shenanigans, ie. booze, drugs, and people getting set on fire probably. Put any tag-specific warnings in your headers!

So, Wismuth happened.

Lambert's pretty willing to bet a good chunk of the Carnival is pretty happy to act like Wismuth didn't happen, but he also doesn't really care about what sorrows people are drowning or not tonight: he knows he needed this drink, and after he'd slept off the immediate exhaustion that came with running around Wismuth for nearly two weeks with the power of Creation more or less constantly burning through him, he's ready to something, anything to feel like himself again.

Fast-forward to the lakeshore. There's a huge bonfire going, a box of assorted fireworks that's been 'liberated' from wherever the hell engineering keeps their supplies, and probably a crate of wine that's going to disappear sooner rather than later. Anything else, someone's going to have to bring themselves.

[ ooc: This is a mingle log! Bring your own entertainment, food, questionable substances etc. ]

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[textsfromhotland]

"The!! The-the-the-the-!!" She stutters and points a shaking finger at the foot. "The egg!"

[kingsroads]

Strange is drunk as hell. But even drunk him realizes that there are people screaming so that means something interesting is going to happen. Naturally, he's going to investigate the something interesting and what on earth, there is a foot coming out of that egg. Strange stares at Papyrus then Alphys then the egg then back to Alphys.

It's hatching. Okay. And that means that Sans is just going to pop out there soon...and Strange remembers his conversation with the Ringmaster about the logistics of hatching.

"He needs a bathrobe," Strange firmly states, in an impeccable display of drunk logic and temporarily forgetting that skeletons don't have genitalia/Sans doesn't have shame. "I'm going to get a bathrobe."

That's his useful contribution! And having announced what he's going to do, Strange wanders off to go find a friggen bathrobe for the eventually naked skeleton. He'll (hopefully) be back in some span of time.

[dontpokethat]

Boy there is some screaming going on over there, and that kind of thing is... theoretically exactly why Ginko bothered coming here tonight at all. He gets there just after Strange leaves, looking after him with some concern before looking to the egg. He'll... worry about that later.

In the meantime. "He's-- is Sans coming back?"

Yeah this takes priority over Strange wandering off to get stuck in a tree or something. He'll be fine.

[prazerbutterfly]

Like everyone else has noticed, there is screaming coming from somewhere. He's very much aware of what is cozily tucked in blankets and other items in that general direction. He has to right himself even if it doesn't quite work the way he wants to. He stopped touching the ground at some point merely because he keeps clipping through it.

So don't mind him just coasting on in about a foot off the ground. Oh, he's upside down again and there's no telling if he's going to try to right himself, "Either that or he broke loose a little early. I can probably...." No, no don't touch the egg with your power on the fritz.

[spaghettimonster]

Their magical mishap is still in effect - the spell for summoning a daemon twisted, a little, and left them in each others' bodies. And, as they're still under the influence of alcohol and magical weed, they're afraid to dismiss Sistina and risk dismissing Papyrus, somehow, instead.

So it's the goose that first bounces over, wings fluttering in watchful excitement, to examine the cracked area... and loudly report on their findings. "The egg...? A foot!!"

And the skeleton that follows, nervously rubbing hands together, and asks everyone, "isn't this too fast? Did we mess something up?"

[betheman]

Gongenzaka certainly wasn't at the party for a drink or fun, but it didn't exactly take long for him to be...distracted by the drinking and fun. Even if he wasn't drinking himself.

He's not a stick in the mud, dammit-

Regardless, between people wandering off and still others suddenly shouting and anxiously chattering away, he's quick to make his way to where the Egg is.

...Where the egg is hatching, actually, as his mind corrects. "Hmm!" he observes, looking less confused and more relieved than anything. "As expected...he is slow to finish the hatching..!" he huffs, crossing his arms. Ah well, he has to give a short and amused sigh all the same. "...Though, I, the man Gongenzaka, suppose with how much it is like 'waking up'..."

Well. He stops his mutterings to himself, instead shaking his head and looking to Papyrus. "Do not worry, Papyrus...if anything, I, the man Gongenzaka, imagine this is a more 'expected' time for him to recover! After all, my own time spent in such a state... ...was if anything, because the magic was threatening to fail...." he notes, grimacing a little. He did not get along with Magic that great, back then.

...Though, on that note. "....Is Sistina alright, however..?" Yeah about that-

Later-

[dontpokethat]

"--Tyki, don't." Ginko is pretty sure this is the kind of thing Sans should do on his own anyway. "We should probably just give him space so he can get out himself."

Yeah, uh, meanwhile. He glances over at Papyrus and Sistina with a frown; he's not particularly familiar with Papyrus' daemon, but... "Are either of you alright?"

Boy there is so much happening here.

[osteothropy]

These guys are making it really hard to snooze, with all the screaming and confusion. All the same, though, the biggest reaction from the egg to all of this is to slowly tilt onto its side, his toes shifting slightly in his sleep.

A soft gurgling sound comes from within.

[prazerbutterfly]

He's seconds from touching it when his hand retreats and he scratches at his chest lightly at being told not to. Wait, why is he listening again? The gurgling from inside sounds both pleasant and disturbing at the same time. His new tail is betraying his excitement the way it sways in the air with a renewed impatience.

"I don't know. We should at least poke him," he says with a biased tone implying he just wants to poke it. "Get a stick!"

[spaghettimonster]

Both startle when the egg starts tilting, jittering with nervous, hopeful expectation.

"No," the skeleton says, frowning openly at Tyki after those open plans of poking, as an answer to everyone's questions all at once. The goose offers "we're drunk!" as a cheerful follow-up answer, maybe all the explanation their odd behavior needs.

"Don't say that, we're not..." The skeleton grumbles and fidgets, then looks at Gongenzaka. "You've... been through this, right? How long did it take you? Did you wish anybody had helped, or...?"

[periphrasing]

At some point during the commotion, Peridot has sidled up to join the crowd of observers. She's sort of squinting at the egg with a vaguely disgusted crinkle to her nose, and it's a few minutes before she finally interrupts. Loudly, as is her brand.

"You clods, eggs need heat to hatch properly!" She announces. She read a lot about birds that one time, she totally knows what she's talking about! "Heat helps incubate eggs-- I assume so that the birds inside get uncomfortably warm, and then they emerge faster!" The engineer holds both hands up; her claws start to glow red-hot, and she takes a step forward.

[dontpokethat]

"--No!" Ginko takes a quick step between Peridot and the egg, holding up his hands and apparently ready to straight-up grab her if necessary. "No. We do not need to heat it up or poke it or-- Gongenzaka?"

Ginko looks over at him helplessly. Please advise, person who actually has experience with this.

[betheman]

Gongenzaka was first going to correct Tyki-then Papyrus stepped in. Then he was going to answer Papyrus... ...annnnnd Peridot spoke up-

And over all while Ginko is quicker to say the Obvious Word, he himself is merely holding his head for a moment before finally belting-

"NO ONE near the egg..!" Honestly.

Now, to business. "He will hatch on his own-it is best to leave at least some room, unless you feel awakening while smothered by various others at once would be preferred..." He crosses his arms, continuing. "If he needs help walking, then Papyrus should be the one to do so. But there should be no interference otherwise..!"

You die and hatch one time, and suddenly you're an expert, man-

Actually on that note, he sends a look to Peridot in particular. "Believe me when I, the man Gongenzaka, say this-HEAT is not necessary!"

[prazerbutterfly]

He's shot down again and he's getting a little tired of that. He's just trying to help. Okay no, he's just up to no good and while his mind is somewhat rational since he had just one or six shots, he does like to talk a little too much.

But he deflates at Ginko inputting his advice because he's not really listening to anyone else and when Gon interferes all officially he reaaaaally doesn't want to listen. But fine, no poking. Still, with the way he's just hovering in the air like that nothing is really getting him to budge from his spot near the all inspiring egg. His power fluctuates as it usually does and he ends up flopping onto the ground, or really half into the ground.

He props his chin into his hand as he now lounges near that egg. His tail sways rather happily and betrays his relaxed position. While he doesn't poke it, he is now ignoring a lot of the people around said egg, "Is that what it is, Sans? You taking your time and making everyone wait~ How cheeky. Guess we'll have to lay here and wait all night!"

[periphrasing]

Peridot looks annoyed when Ginko steps in her way, but the heat dies down off her claws, and she drops her hands to her side. Gon gets a sour look leveled at him, though.

"What makes you all so sure that you're smarter than the internet?" she sneers, lip curling. "Fine. If you all want to stand here and wait for hours for him to come out of there on his own, be my guest."

[spaghettimonster]

The skeleton jumps back when Gongenzaka yells, under the assumption that there's no exceptions - that no one means them, too. But then he offers an exception after all, rather like the Ringmaster had with hauling the egg out in the first place, and it gets her to thinking.

"He might not want to come out any faster, with us here," the skeleton points out in a lowered voice. "After everything."

"Well... It is Sans," the goose shrugs it off, and shakes his head at Tyki. "Taking forever to wake up, it's so like him! But maybe the sweet aroma of food would do more... than lighting a fire under his ass?"

It's still not clear what the internet has to say on the topic of death eggs, or why fire is involved. Maybe it's something to do with phoenixes. They can ask Peridot some other time.

[betheman]

"Beyond the fact that I, the man Gongenzaka, hatched from my own egg?" he notes, raising a brow at the engineer. He doesn't say anything to Tyki-merely frowns a little more, but shakes his head and holds his peace. Better not to fight over this.

"Sans will not suffer without heat-I, the man Gongenzaka, can at least confirm this much. Beyond this..." ...Hmm. "...Hours is still a vast improvement over how much time we feared this would take."

[prazerbutterfly]

"I don't know about you, Miss Peridot, but I could personally wait for hours to Sans to do anything. Sometimes laying around is worth the pleasure," he says perhaps a bit too teasingly.

His tail sways behind him and betrays him once more by displaying how content he is. He almost wants to lay down for a nap right there but there were far too many people he didn't trust at this party. Ginko was at least here but for how long only he could tell. "Mister Gongenzaka, can you also confirm that everyone is the same that hatches from these eggs~ Same time, same temperature, same requirements~ "

-throws immediate reply out before disappearing the rest of the day-

[betheman]

"Nhh- Gongenzaka is fine," he protests, ears flattening. "It is not a matter of being precisely the same, being approached with heated claws and flame is not going to hatch an egg..!!" the beast sputters. "If anything, such a thing would more than likely injure someone..!!"

So, no surprises where his concerns lay.

[dontpokethat]

Ginko can't help letting out a relieved sigh at the intervention. "Agreed - I see no problem with waiting. It's best to play this safe if trying to speed things up could hurt Sans."

And he has no intention of going anywhere until Sans is out, for that exact reason. So, y'know. At least Tyki can be sure of that.

"Trying to encourage him with food or something might be worth trying, though, if you guys really want to." He might be hungry after getting out of the egg anyway, so. Seems like a good plan.

[prazerbutterfly]

"Burgers are rather aromatic," comes his instant and likely hidden troll of a reply towards Papyrus. "I don't think someone from the cookhouse would mind cooking one of those or I could go get a fish from a lake and do that myself." It was the one thing he could actually cook. Whether he could do it half intoxicated was another thing all together.

But then effort was due where effort was applied and there was no telling how far he could go before he got bored of the task. His head plops into his arms as he manages to pull himself further out of the ground. "No need to fluster, Mister Gongenzaka. I'm only teasing~"

[periphrasing]

"It's not like I was going to blast the stupid thing with fire," Peridot grumbles sulkily, her tail twitching irritably. "You're all so dramatic."

Whatever. She's done making helpful contributions, because you guys are a bunch of uneducated killjoys, obv.

[spaghettimonster]

"That's what we need, dramatic fire!" The goose realizes, hopping a little in place. "Light a greasy burger on fire! Just like his old home away from home."

It's hilarious and perfect to him, because there's surely better uses for those hideous foodstuffs than eating them.

"And so... aromatic," the skeleton echoes, dripping with skepticism.

[dontpokethat]

"We're not dramatic, we're trying to be cautious." There's a difference, dammit. "Are you sure lighting a burger on fire wouldn't make him want to stay in the egg?"

[prazerbutterfly]

"No, no. You got to cook it in front of him. Bring a pot out and start a fire. Get it going to lure him into a false sense of comfort. Then maybe feed it to him." Or he'll eat that burger instead. Lighting it on fire seems rude.

He stares at the egg now with a wide grin then O so casually speaks, "Is it bad I want scrambled eggs right now? Not this egg but eggs."